This experimentation will evaluate the impact of telecollaborative learning on student-teachers involved in Initial Teacher Education in the participating European countries and regions. Telecollaboration, also commonly known as Virtual Exchange, involves engaging trainee teachers involved in Initial Teacher Education in task-based interaction and collaborative exchange with fellow trainees in other locations through online communication technologies.

We are exploring offering members different services and benefits such as:1. A reduction in the fee for the bi-annual conference on telecollaboration in university education2. Reduced fee and priority in regional training workshops and online training events in telecollaborative practice and research organised by the organisation.3. Training and support for doctoral and post-doctoral research in telecollaboration through professional development events and mobility opportunities4. Support in preparing international project proposals related to telecollaboration.5. Support for finding partners for telecollaborative initiatives.6. An online open access journal.

As a practitioner in this area, we would like to hear your thoughts on this idea.

The conference will be held at:Universidad de León - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Campus de la Vegazana, 24071 León

The conference will take place in the Faculty of Humanities (ask for “La Facultad de Filosofía y Letras”) on the main campus of the University of León: http://www.unileon.es/en. There will be a reception desk open on the ground floor of the building from 08.30 on Wednesday 12 February and student helpers waiting at the campus bus stop to accompany you to the faculty.

Programme: 12-14 February 2014 - University of León, SpainInternational Conference: Telecollaboration in University Foreign Language EducationThe abbreviated conference programe as of 15 January can be downloaded here. The detailed conference programme can be downloaded here.

All presenters will be asked to send power point presentations ONE week before the conference so that the presentations can be uploaded onto the respective laptops in the rooms. All presentations will last 30 minutes – including discussion A facebook page / twitter feed for the conference are now in use to promote the discussion on university telecollaboration among students, teachers and university management.

On 12-14 February 2014, the project team will organise a major international conference aimed at bring together educators, researchers, mobility coordinators and university management who are interested in further exploring the integration of online intercultural exchange projects at universities around the globe. The conference will offer participants the opportunity to present examples of good practice and research on the theme of university telecollaboration. They will also be invited to participate in interactive sessions where practitioners and policy makers can work together to produce a set of recommendations and strategies for the integration of telecollaboration in higher education.

Audience: The conference will be of interest to various groups:

Practitioners and researchers of telecollaborative exchange at university levelUniversity educators interested in learning how to use telecollaboration in their classroomsMobility coordinators interested in learning how telecollaboration can be used to support and enhance physical mobility programmesUniversity management, including those responsible for internationalisation, virtual mobility and foreign language policy

Here you will find all the classes which are looking for partnerships. Click on one of the classes to read more about the students and the type of exchange which the practitioner would like to organise. In the filters where multiple options can be selected, use Ctrl-click to pick more than one option. Note that classes already in a Collaboration are not listed.

The INTENT Projet has class-partnership requests from Turkey, the USA, the UK, France and many other countries. Colleagues are also adding to the task database and are exchanging experiences on the community message boards. If you want to get your students involved in online intercultural exchange projects this semester, be sure to log on and explore the resources available: http://www.uni-collaboration.eu/

Second call for papers for our International Conference on Telecollaboration in University Foreign Language Education. The conference will take place at the University of León, Spain on 12-14 February 2014. The deadline for registration and paper submission is 1 October.

The conference aims to look at the different ways in which telecollaboration can contribute to foreign language education at university level and how it can be integrated into universities’ internationalization programmes and policies. We welcome contributions which focus on academic research related to online intercultural exchange as well as practical reports of telecollaborative exchange projects taking place between universities around the globe. We are also particularly interested in hearing perspectives of student mobility coordinators, university management and other stakeholders in regard to how telecollaboration can make a more comprehensive contribution to university education

INTENT Project Workshopshttp://intent-project.eu/?q=node/36The INTENT team will be offering training workshops on telecollaboration in Italy, France, Poland and the UK in 2013. Registration is free but participants are expected to cover all their own travel and maintenance costs.

Presenting INTENT at the COIL Conference in New YorkWatch team members Francesca Helm and Mirjam Hauck present on June 8, 2012 at the COIL conference in New York about our project.